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post Aug 18, 2003 - 12:07 PM
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I've had some problems recently with my new tires. For reference they are 215/45 Falken Ziex ZE-512s mounted on 17x7 rims. So Saturday night I am driving where there are some bad roads but I didn't think of it because I took them nice and slow. Next day I get up and notice one of my tires is flat. I check the tire pressure and it doesn't even register, 0 psi I guess. I'm pissed because these tires are a week and a half old, but I figure I'll go fill it up and see how quickly the pressure drops. I check the tire pressure in 4 hours and its dropped 2 psi. Not too bad. So I put the rim back on and I proceed to play with the suspension a bit. Now its Monday morning, and I just checked the pressure and its still only down by 2 psi. I'm wondering whats going on. Is the tire leaking or what?

Thanks in advance,

pete
 
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post Aug 20, 2003 - 3:42 AM
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QUOTE (FallenHero @ Aug 20, 2003 - 1:12 AM)
On my vette, I discovered I had a bad valve stem. You might pour some soapy water around the stem and see if it might be leaking.

Jon

yea do that i had a slow leak from mine like 4 months ago.. i thousht my wheel was cracked but one day when it was rain and i stoped to put some air in my tire i saw that bubbles were coming out from the edge of the stem..


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